Detective Comics #295 (1961) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Secret of the Beast Paintings!	cover	1	pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Sheldon Moldoff; letters: Ira Schnapp	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Orlak (villain)
2	The Secret of the Beast Paintings	comic story	12.67	script: Bill Finger; pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Charles Paris	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Dr. Carter Nichols (supporting); Torg (intro, villain); Nakorians (intro, villain); The Orlak (intro, villain); The Gazz (intro, villain)
4	The Right to Be Different!	public service announcement	1	script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Bernard Baily; inks: Bernard Baily; letters: Ira Schnapp
5	Giant Batman Annual	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5
6	See the Many Fantastic Faces of Superman...	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5
8	The Martian Show-Off	comic story	5.67	script: Jack Miller; pencils: Joe Certa; inks: Joe Certa	Martian Manhunter [John Jones; J'onn J'onzz]; Captain Harding (supporting); Biff Stearns (intro, villain); Stan Wheeler (intro, villain); Floyd Nolan (intro, villain); Danny Jensen
12	The Clue with Four Feet	text story	1	letters: typeset
13	The Curse of the Sea Hermit	comic story	5.67	script: George Kashdan; pencils: Nick Cardy; inks: Nick Cardy	Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; Aqualad [Garth]; Topo (supporting); The Sea Hermit (intro, villain); Chitaq (intro)

Plus 7.99 pages of advertisements and other matter across 11 sequences, as published.

Collection	Year
Showcase Presents: Aquaman #1 ISBN 978-1-4012-1223-0; 1-4012-1223-9	2007	On eBay ›
Showcase Presents: Martian Manhunter #1 ISBN 978-1-4012-1368-8	2007	On eBay ›
DC Finest: Aquaman: King of Atlantis #[nn] ISBN 978-1-77952-989-3	2025	On eBay ›

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